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Agriculture Back Bay Blackwater Courthouse Creeds Government Pungo Virginia Beach

Project that would put manufacturing on farmland shrinks, Virginia Beach could preserve land to its south

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE BACK BAY — Community concerns about Project Wayne, an economic development prospect which might replace farmland used for grain production near

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Agriculture Government Pungo Virginia Beach

Wedding venue, shops in the works for key corner at rural gateway of Virginia Beach

May 2, 2022May 3, 2022 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, April 24, print edition. BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — A new project that could reshape the village of

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Agriculture Back Bay Business Government Pungo

Planning Commission recommends denial of proposed event venue on farmland in rural Virginia Beach

July 29, 2020July 29, 2020 The Independent News

Ed. — This story originally appeared in the Sunday, July 5, print edition. It has been updated to include the date upon which the City

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Agriculture Business Pungo Virginia Beach

In Memoriam: Pungo’s Roy David Flanagan Jr., farmer and family man

April 30, 2020 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE PUNGO — Farmer Roy David Flanagan Jr., who died on Tuesday, April 7, in his Pungo home after a long illness, will

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Agriculture Government Virginia Beach

Cautiously, advisory group weighs weddings for land in Virginia Beach’s agricultural reserve program

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH – The Virginia Beach Agriculture Advisory Commission is still discussing the possibility of adjusting allowed uses on properties enrolled

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Agriculture Courthouse Government Pungo Virginia Beach

Advisory body may consider beer and wine sales, assembly uses for agricultural land in Virginia Beach

August 22, 2018August 22, 2018 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE – The Agriculture Advisory Commission will consider whether activities such as craft beer or wine sales or assembly uses, such

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Agriculture Back Bay Blackwater Business Creeds Government Pungo Virginia Beach

Agriculture: Recent soggy weather can have a cost for Virginia Beach farmers

June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE PUNGO — This year’s growing season got off to a soggy start with heavy rains that damaged the strawberry crops

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Agriculture Business Government Oceanfront

Excellence in Agriculture: Recognizing farming heritage, a Virginia Beach industry and those who help it survive

April 26, 2018April 26, 2018 The Independent News

BY WILL HARRIS OCEANFRONT — Call it a green carpet event. The paparazzi may not have been swarming around the Virginia Beach Convention Center on

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After advisory commission, farmers oppose plan to end farmland preservation program, ‘compromise’ goes to Virginia Beach City Council

April 17, 2018April 17, 2018 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — The Virginia Beach Agriculture Advisory Commission on Friday, April 13, voted to recommend that the City Council maintain the

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Virginia Beach farming industry saw overall growth, some changes in past year; budget anticipates restored agricultural reserve program dollars

May 8, 2017 The Independent News

BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE – Agriculture in Virginia Beach had an estimated $124.6 million economic impact in 2016, an increase of $3.8 million or

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